Clinical utility of the MMPI research scales in the assessment of adolescent acting out behaviors.

Basham, Robert B.

doi:10.1037/1040-3590.4.4.483

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“…Bayer et al found Pd2 to be a modest correlate of previous incarceration, whereas Lilienfeld and Meloy and Gacono reported Pd2 to be the only significant correlate of psychopathy, as measured by the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (Hare, 1991), from among the Pd subscales. The present data also are consistent with Basham's (1992) finding of a positive association between Pd2 and clinician-rated legal involvement and externalizing behaviors in adolescent chemical-dependency patients.…”

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“…The largest numbers of significant correlates were found for the Harris-Lingoes subscales for depression, psychopathic deviate, and schizophrenia, whereas the fewest predicted associations were found for hysteria, paranoia, and mania. Basham (1992) found that the Pd1 (familial discord) scores of inpatient adolescents were correlated significantly with clinicians' ratings of these patients' levels of family conflict. Furthermore, Pd2 (authority problems) scores were associated strongly with clinician-rated legal-system involvement and overall externalizing behaviors.…”

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Validity of the MMPI‐2 basic and Harris–Lingoes subscales in a forensic sample

Osberg

Poland

2001

J Clin Psychol

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The present study explored the MMPI-2 correlates of criminal history in a sample of prison inmates. Although Ma was the only basic scale to demonstrate a significant positive association to crime history, three Harris-Lingoes subscales also bore significant associations to this criterion. The Ma1 (amorality), Pd2 (authority problems), and Pd5 (self-alienation) subscales demonstrated positive associations with crime history. Hierarchical multiple-regression analyses were used to examine the incremental validity of the D, Pd, and Ma Harris-Lingoes subscales when added to their parent scales in the prediction of crime history. Only the Pd Harris-Lingoes subscales demonstrated incremental validity in the prediction of this criterion. The value of including the Ma and Pd Harris-Lingoes subscales in criminal risk assessment is discussed.

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Validity of the MMPI‐2 basic and Harris–Lingoes subscales in a forensic sample

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Poland

2001

J Clin Psychol

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“…The data on the external correlates of these elevated MMPI–A scales are still limited. Most of the available information comes from inpatient samples in mental health and substance abuse settings (Basham, 1992; Williams & Butcher, 1989a; Wrobel & Lachar, 1992). These studies agree that Scale 4 is associated with independent measures of acting out, but findings are mixed regarding the external correlates of Scales 6 and 9.…”

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MMPI-A patterns of male juvenile delinquents.

Peña

Megargee²,

Brody³

1996

Psychological Assessment

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The usefulness of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) (J. was examined for 162 delinquent boys in a state training school. Their base rates, patterns, and configurations on all the MMPI-A scales and subscales were determined and compared with those of the 805 nondeliquent male adolescents in the MMPI-A standardization sample and with the original MMPI patterns of 7,783 delinquents identified in a literature review. The most prominent clinical scales were 4, 6, and 9, and 49/94 was the most frequent 2-point code.The study confirmed 14 of 18 hypotheses for mean differences on the 38 MMPI-A validity, clinical, supplementary, and content scales, and also found significant mean differences on 33 of the other 51 MMPI-A scales and subscalcs, 13 of which were large enough to be clinically meaningful. Most of the MMPI-A patterns and configurations were consistent with the literature on male juvenile delinquents.The original Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) (Hathaway & McKinley, 1943) has been used in the clinical assessment of juvenile delinquents for over 50 years.Comparing 101 delinquent with 85 nondelinquent girls. Capwell (1945) reported that the delinquents had significantly higher scores on

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“…Given the con-cordance between such behavior and substance abuse, this strategy of capitalizing on delinquency to identify substance abusers may be ineffective in juvenile correctional settings (Rogers & Kelly, 1997). Similarly, a number of investigators (e.g., Basham, 1992;Gottesman & Prescott, 1989;Wolfson & Erbaugh, 1984) have indicated that the MAC scale does not directly assess substance abuse and is most sensitive to antisocial and delinquent behaviors. On the other hand, about half of the ACK items have content that relates directly to substance use, and not antisocial or delinquent behavior in general.…”

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Ability of Substance Abusers to Escape Detection on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) in a Juvenile Correctional Facility

Stein

Graham

2005

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The ability of respondents to underreport successfully on substance abuse and validity scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent was evaluated. Incarcerated teens (67 substance abusing, 59 non-substance abusing) completed the MMPI-A twice: once under standard instructions (SI) and once under instructions to fake good (FG). Under SI, substance scales correctly classified about 60% to 85% of adolescents. Under FG, substance-and nonsubstance-abusing juveniles produced lower scores on substance scales. However, the Lie Scale (L) was able to detect more than 75% of deceptive profiles and about 77% of honest profiles. When scale L and the best substance scale were used in combination, only about 18% of faking substance abusers were not identified as either substance abusers or as underreporting. For feigning substance abusers, only about 10% of substance abusers were detected, with about 72% being categorized as faking and needing further assessment. Keywords incarcerated; faking; MMPI-A; substance useGiven the social and economic costs of adolescent substance abuse, professionals have attempted to develop valid and efficient screening and assessment instruments to identify adolescents with such problems (Personal Experiences Inventory [PEI], Winters, 1999; Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory for Adolescents [SASSI-A], Miller, 1990). It is especially important to screen and assess for such disorders in juvenile correctional settings, where often this is the adolescent's first opportunity for intervention. There is a high rate of substance use and abuse in justice-involved teens (Teplin, Abram, McClelland, Dulcan, & Mericle, 2002), and it is important to be able to identify those adolescents who need more services and those who may not require as many services from a system with few resources.There has been increasing interest in the application of the MMPI-A (Butcher et al., 1992) to juvenile offender populations (e.g., see Cashel, Rogers, Sewell, & Holliman, 1998;Pena, Megargee, & Brody, 1996;, 2001). Screening and assessing for substance problems can be important for understanding factors that may have been involved in misconduct as well as treatment placement. However, screening and assessment can be impeded by motivation to misreport symptoms of substance use. It is important that NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript screening and assessment measures be able to effectively detect substance use difficulties and misreporting. Fortunately, the MMPI-A has scales to detect substance use problems as well as misreported symptoms and behavior. Detecting Substance Abuse Using the MMPI-AThe MMPI-A has three scales to detect substance use problems: the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale-Revised (MAC-R; Butcher et al., 1992), the Alcohol/Drug Problem Acknowledgment (ACK) scale, and the Alcohol/Drug Problem Proneness (PRO) scale (Weed, Butcher, & Williams, 1994). The MAC-R was originally devised by MacAndrew in 1965 and was called the MAC. Effectiveness o...

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Clinical utility of the MMPI research scales in the assessment of adolescent acting out behaviors.

Cited by 8 publications

References 52 publications

Validity of the MMPI‐2 basic and Harris–Lingoes subscales in a forensic sample

Validity of the MMPI‐2 basic and Harris–Lingoes subscales in a forensic sample

MMPI-A patterns of male juvenile delinquents.

Ability of Substance Abusers to Escape Detection on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) in a Juvenile Correctional Facility

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